1736 December 15 (Wednesday). Very rainy Day. The Ground exceeding full of Water. Mr. S. Harrington[1] brought the Blocks of the Takle from John Ferguson which he had brought from my Brother Elias of Boston, in order to hoise my Pump.
[1]When Samuel Harrington’s daughter Thankful was baptized, June 24, 1730, the church records noted that he had owned the covenant at Weston (WCR, 23-24).